Blue-Breasted Quail (female) ‘Coturnix chinensis’ Original inscriptions: ‘2 if allied to ye last? Chinese Nat size in Poss of Mr Cowper.’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Yellow-Footed Green Pigeon ‘Treron phoenicoptera’ Original inscriptions: ‘Harrial a wood pigeon. size of a common Pigeon but shorter wings. Book 5. No 144, 145. Probably Col Hurrial Buck. Columba phoenicoptera I.O.ij. 597. Purple shouldered Pigeon. Syn. Sup. 204.’ Further inscriptions: Artis...
Emerald Dove (male) ‘Chalcopaps indica’ Original inscriptions: [inscription in nastaliq] ‘Soon Faukta another with same name Columbia indica I.O.y 598. Green winged Pigeon. Syn IV.625 same as last 1st fig. nat’ size. Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: 27/16...
Grey-Necked Bunting (possibly) ‘Emberiza buchanani’ Original inscriptions: Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: (bottom right) Possibly the juvenile. Part of a drawing in which 6 species of birds are depicted.
Grey-Headed Canary Flycatcher ‘Culicicapa ceylonensis’ Original inscriptions: ‘Muscicapa nitrida. I. O. ii. 489. Nitrid Flycatcher. Syn Sup. 173. If not one sex of ye above?’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: Part of a drawing in which three species of birds ...
A species of Sunbird Original inscriptions: ‘Like ye Senegal creeper ij. 709? But too small? Malacca. N. size’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: May be meant to represent the Scarlet-Chested Sunbird, ‘Nectarinia senegalensis’, but not exact plumage.
Zitting Cisticola, Fan-Tailed Cisticola ‘Cisticola juncidis’ Original inscriptions: Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: Part of a drawing in which six species of birds are depicted, and given numbers in ascending order, this one at top left.
Long-Billed Pipit (possibly) ‘Anthus similis’ Original inscriptions: ‘Chiltoo. A lark. Perhaps a small var of ye Red Lark?’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: Plumage inexact, looks like a blend between ‘anthus similis jerdoni’ and ‘anthus similis travancorien...
White-Browed Bush Robin ‘Tarsiger indicus’ Original inscriptions: ‘Persian nightingale. Not a native of Hindostan’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: Part of a drawing where two species of birds are depicted. This one on top.
Slender-Billed Curlew (possibly) ‘Numenius tenuirostris’ Original inscriptions: ‘Lalgooreah. Redshank’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: Part of a drawing in which four species of birds are shown. This at top.